Private
Richard Keogh
Military Details
Service Number: 27/1048
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Tyneside Irish 27th Service Northumberland Fusiliers
Enlisted
21 December 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
21 December 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
108 Bowthorn Road , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
4th Tyneside 27th Service
Service Number at Enlistment
27/1048
Service History
Wounded in January 1917 , Brother Thomas transferred? to 4th Tyneside Irish and was KIA 4th Sept 1916
Personal Details
Date of Birth
2nd May 1892
Place of Birth
Maryborough, Queens County ,Ireland
Religion
R.C.
Address
108 Bowthorn Road , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
Maryborough, Queens County ,Ireland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
108 Bowthorn Road , Cleator Moor
Parents
John & Elizabeth Keogh
Siblings
John ,Thomas ,Mary ,William
Married
Rose Ann Devlin ( Married at Bradford 27th November 1915)
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Steel Worker
Work Address
Whitehaven Hematite Iron and Steel Co
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
9th April 1917
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Roclincourt
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Arras
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th Tyneside Irish 27th Service
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
If you have any more information on Richard Keogh you may wish to contact his Great nephew Steve Young at tullybrone58@hotmail.co.uk
Buried or Commemorated at
ROCLINCOURT VALLEY CEMETERY
Grave Position: II. C. 20.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 memorial
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